[openssl] master update

Dr. Paul Dale pauli at openssl.org
Wed Mar 3 12:03:52 UTC 2021


The branch master has been updated
       via  cb54d1b9d7f0d386aa22550d8b12ecd43e248a3f (commit)
      from  f21afe636067f9aa27cef94c31d8e32128da0ecb (commit)


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commit cb54d1b9d7f0d386aa22550d8b12ecd43e248a3f
Author: Pauli <ppzgs1 at gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 2 18:33:55 2021 +1000

    doc: add a note to the RAND_get0_ calls indicating how to set the DRBG type.
    
    The type needs to be set before the DRBGs are created.
    
    Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas at openssl.org>
    (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14386)

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Summary of changes:
 doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod b/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod
index cf0fae95f7..6ee3da2df7 100644
--- a/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod
@@ -57,9 +57,14 @@ During initialization, it is possible to change the reseed interval
 and reseed time interval.
 It is also possible to exchange the reseeding callbacks entirely.
 
+To set the type of DRBG that will be instantiated, use the
+L<RAND_set_DRBG_type(3)> call before accessing the random number generation
+infrastructure.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<EVP_RAND(3)>
+L<EVP_RAND(3)>,
+L<RAND_set_DRBG_type(3)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 


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